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boehner was just not being honest. he got his hat handed to him by a small minority in his own party. >> sounds like they would have better luck drafting for a time machine to go back to the 1950s. bob, i want to talk about speaker boehner. the senate weren't going to pass this bill ever. they already had the symbolic vote on the american balance act. how long do we have to continue to watch the political posturing without seeing anything definitive getting done? >> boehner is going to face a big decision assuming a compromise can come out of the senate. it will go back to the house. they'll have to decide whether to allow a vote. the whole blame for default will fall on the republican party. joe is right about what happened today. if you listen to boehner, and i guess you'll play the speech, it's lie after lie. there is nothing about jobs in this bill. he's not the president who said no. john boehner walked away from the talks. these folks are reaganites in name only. ronald reagan raise the debt limit 18, 19 times. i
boehner was just not being honest. he got his hat handed to him by a small minority in his own party. >> sounds like they would have better luck drafting for a time machine to go back to the 1950s. bob, i want to talk about speaker boehner. the senate weren't going to pass this bill ever. they already had the symbolic vote on the american balance act. how long do we have to continue to watch the political posturing without seeing anything definitive getting done? >> boehner is going...
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john boehner to then former use speaker newt @@gingrich, how well is boehner doing? i ask you, major garrettí >> this lots of ways to measure that. one is the polling data. gingri's he's negatives were always higher an his positives. john boehnes positives are yawl to his negatis so he's doing@better in the@polling with the american public. congress's approval rating though is lower now than it was in the@mid-90s. congress is held in much higher ntempt now than then. analysis. the inside coress analysis is that this stage of speaker gingrich speakehip he already had the contract of america through, to 10 high priority items sos he had more legislative victories than ehner does now. but that was e fective end of the gingrich speakership. boehner has taken a gradsistic approach, removing power from the speakership, giving it@more to the chairmen, allowing legislation to move through the house, that is giving him latitude to strike deals some boehner internally is stronger and is probably going@to remain s(nger as a eaker an gingrich was. >> do you think all@of at whic
john boehner to then former use speaker newt @@gingrich, how well is boehner doing? i ask you, major garrettí >> this lots of ways to measure that. one is the polling data. gingri's he's negatives were always higher an his positives. john boehnes positives are yawl to his negatis so he's doing@better in the@polling with the american public. congress's approval rating though is lower now than it was in the@mid-90s. congress is held in much higher ntempt now than then. analysis. the inside...
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boehner inrevenues on the table, mr. boehner walked away. it is not a compromise or bipartisan, and the news for democrats is that it is whether you look at the plans, it is not balanced and it is not cuts or revenues. >> and this morning, the republicans said they agree with every aspect of the boehner bill save the fact that it forces another round in the midst of the re-election campaign. and do you agree with the bill other than the fact that you have to come back in six months? >> well, with we are in the land of make believe, because mr. mcconnell knows that this does not include every member. the gang of six which had liberal democrats an conservative republicans said we have to put everything on the table including revenues and mr. mcconnell has walked away from that. so that the balance here that we do need by the way is to look at this as an issue of revenues as well as of cuts. if we put everything on the table, we could actually resolve it, and instead, we are at a continuation of this partisan battlement what i am seeing in the
boehner inrevenues on the table, mr. boehner walked away. it is not a compromise or bipartisan, and the news for democrats is that it is whether you look at the plans, it is not balanced and it is not cuts or revenues. >> and this morning, the republicans said they agree with every aspect of the boehner bill save the fact that it forces another round in the midst of the re-election campaign. and do you agree with the bill other than the fact that you have to come back in six months?...
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the boehner plan has that. the hard trigger in the boehner plan is you don't get another debt limit increase until you do this. i think the way those two can be melted together, first and foremost, we've got to see the house vote on the boehner plan, got to deal with that one way or the other in the senate. i would like to see us pass it in the senate. you may be right, i think the democrats are unifying against it. but that is going to force us to figure out from that point forward, go back to the drawing board and determine how we get this thing done but it's got to happen soon and it's going to require i think a meaningful commitment to spending reform, spending reductions and a pathway to entitlement reform before you are going to get much republican support for it. >> john thune, thanks so much, senator. thanks for joining us. >>> the sounds of silence. who is missing in action on the debt ceiling debate? the politico briefing up next. >>> in just a few minutes, at 1:30 eastern, speaker john boehner holds
the boehner plan has that. the hard trigger in the boehner plan is you don't get another debt limit increase until you do this. i think the way those two can be melted together, first and foremost, we've got to see the house vote on the boehner plan, got to deal with that one way or the other in the senate. i would like to see us pass it in the senate. you may be right, i think the democrats are unifying against it. but that is going to force us to figure out from that point forward, go back to...
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a spokesman for john boehner. today this is always an embarrassment, in many ways the cbo coming out making him having to refigure the numbers, that helped and bought him an extra day? >> when you watch this whole showdown be unveiled, john is one of the most medical politicians that i have ever worked for. he is not going to get very rattled by a cbo estimate that has $850 instead of the 1.2. >> congresswoman emerson said he's not changing the cuts, he's changing the debt ceiling because he doesn't want to get too far away from reid. >> and he's going to do what he can to find the right numbers that he can start to satisfy the conference and then he's going to go back to what he's done this entire time, growing the vote, finding where is one more vote, one more vote, so it actually leads up to something he can bring to the floor. >> senator schumer said they're not going to start the clock, they're not going to try to jam in a vote in the senate. they want to use it as sort of the last gasp vehicle. but at some p
a spokesman for john boehner. today this is always an embarrassment, in many ways the cbo coming out making him having to refigure the numbers, that helped and bought him an extra day? >> when you watch this whole showdown be unveiled, john is one of the most medical politicians that i have ever worked for. he is not going to get very rattled by a cbo estimate that has $850 instead of the 1.2. >> congresswoman emerson said he's not changing the cuts, he's changing the debt ceiling...
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mitt romney applauds boehner's leadership, but refuses to take a position on the boehner bill. the only gop white house hopeful backing the debt increase is former utah governor jon huntsman, who's called the boehner bill a good step. >> the boehner plan at least begins that process of cutting, that i think is terribly important. the president has shown no leadership. he doesn't have a plan on the table. my opponents in this race haven't even come up with what they support. >> but all the republican presidential candidates do support spending cuts and oppose tax hikes. sarah palin calls the boehner bill a gop retreat while she accuses the president of trying to scare voters into accepting more government spending, but she's not actually above political threats herself and she warned republicans on facebook today that everyone she talks believes in contested primaries. she sides with tea partiers against a debt hike and will join a tea party rally in iowa around labor day weekend, right about the time she says she'll make a final decision on whether she's running or not. bret? >
mitt romney applauds boehner's leadership, but refuses to take a position on the boehner bill. the only gop white house hopeful backing the debt increase is former utah governor jon huntsman, who's called the boehner bill a good step. >> the boehner plan at least begins that process of cutting, that i think is terribly important. the president has shown no leadership. he doesn't have a plan on the table. my opponents in this race haven't even come up with what they support. >> but...
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that's the first section of the boehner proposal. the second part, which would be done by a joint committee, charles, couldn't be scored because, obviously, you have to kind of hammer out what you're going to cut on entitlements. >> the boehner proposal is a great achievement and if the republicans in the house, a minority of them kill it, i think it will be suicidal. this is a moment of maximum leverage. this is a country where you cannot govern out of one house of the congress. the democrats have control of the presidency and the senate and the republicans have achieved a lot in the boehner proposal, you get only cuts, you get no tax hikes, you establish a new principle, never before that a debt limit willen increased with a matching amount of spending cuts, that's an achievement and you avoid the situation where if we end up not in default, but in disarray next week, the republicans are going to share a lousy economy, high unemployment which right now the president owns and the prize is to win the election in november. the only wa
that's the first section of the boehner proposal. the second part, which would be done by a joint committee, charles, couldn't be scored because, obviously, you have to kind of hammer out what you're going to cut on entitlements. >> the boehner proposal is a great achievement and if the republicans in the house, a minority of them kill it, i think it will be suicidal. this is a moment of maximum leverage. this is a country where you cannot govern out of one house of the congress. the...
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couldn't reach boehner. finally boehner's office saying well the speaker will call the president at 5:30 and not before them. >> david when i hear something like that, it makes me wonder. is boehner not able to deliver those that he represents or he is the problem or some combination of both? i always wondered if there is a dichotomy between cantor and boehner that will doom this. >> there is tlit cal po posturing going on. what do republicans want? as much as they can get in spending cuts and no tax hikes. that's the price of getting the debt ceiling raised. they may ultimately get a smaller deal that raises the debt ceiling. maybe you know, boehner seems to -- he denied it there but others have said he wants a shorter term deal. he gets some down pamtsz on spending cuts and comes back over and over again. he wants a grander deal. i don't know how you get to the truth of the matter other than working boem sides and talking to people who are involved. we know for the past two weeks that a grand bargain was a
couldn't reach boehner. finally boehner's office saying well the speaker will call the president at 5:30 and not before them. >> david when i hear something like that, it makes me wonder. is boehner not able to deliver those that he represents or he is the problem or some combination of both? i always wondered if there is a dichotomy between cantor and boehner that will doom this. >> there is tlit cal po posturing going on. what do republicans want? as much as they can get in...
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boehner's proposed plan will come through the house? will be voted on and be a success through the house? >> i don't know. i give the speaker a lot of credit for continuing to try to craft something, put some solution together, but to me, we can do better, but it is just not good enough and we can do better. >> will you vote for it? >> no, i can't, martin. what i voted for was what ivo voted for last week. the house passed a historic piece of legislation that cut spending and would get us toward a balanced budget amendment which with republicans and democrats in some form support. that is what -- go ahead. >> mr. walsh, we can add your name then to the five republicans who have already said they won't vote, and that means that we are down to what, boehner can only afford to lose 22, so that's down to what? how's your math? >> i was never a strong math student, martin. so i'm not a head counter, but all i know is that we can do better, and we have to do better. and if it means that we go a day or two or three beyond august 2nd to get thi
boehner's proposed plan will come through the house? will be voted on and be a success through the house? >> i don't know. i give the speaker a lot of credit for continuing to try to craft something, put some solution together, but to me, we can do better, but it is just not good enough and we can do better. >> will you vote for it? >> no, i can't, martin. what i voted for was what ivo voted for last week. the house passed a historic piece of legislation that cut spending and...
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the boehner bill is tabled. this means that the boehner bill is put aside. but just to explain, they are not killing that bill. they are going to use that bill as the vehicle by which they're going to send back a compromise that we still don't know the details of. we expect that that will be formed over the next day, and be sent back on the boehner bill but they will scrap out all the things that are in boehner, at least some of them and put it back to the house after a vote in the senate. that will be the vote to watch. likely early sunday morning, where it will need 60 votes to pass. depending on what that compromise is between now and then, that will determine whether there are enough votes in the u.s. senate to pass that back to the u.s. house of representatives. tonight, the effort has been tabled and the boehner bill essentially has been put on hold. put on ice, laura 59-41. >> laura: this is dramatic stuff, bret, thanks so much. james, like 59, they needed that one extra vote for the added assurance they didn't get it but harry reid did not waste any
the boehner bill is tabled. this means that the boehner bill is put aside. but just to explain, they are not killing that bill. they are going to use that bill as the vehicle by which they're going to send back a compromise that we still don't know the details of. we expect that that will be formed over the next day, and be sent back on the boehner bill but they will scrap out all the things that are in boehner, at least some of them and put it back to the house after a vote in the senate. that...
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not all of them like boehner's trying to do now. at least half of them and you make up the difference with democrats. republican senators are no more interested in this house bill than democratic senators are. senator mccain going into this lunch with i'm told they were having spa getty repeated his assertion with the idea that we're going to do a balanced budget amendment to cap federal spending as 18% of the economy as bizarro. everyone on the senate side is expecting this to move into the middle. >> lori montgomery it's been an italian themed menu this week on capitol hill. pizza last night, spa getty for lunch. all good thins. maybe the only good thing out of the hill. >>> and this week nbc's brian williams takes us behind the scenes with unprecedented action to all the players in the debt showdown. as president obama said today he wants a compromise. what does majority leader reid really think about mitch mcconnell? >> how do you get along with mitch mcconnell? >> mitch and i are friends. we talk every day. i consider him a fin
not all of them like boehner's trying to do now. at least half of them and you make up the difference with democrats. republican senators are no more interested in this house bill than democratic senators are. senator mccain going into this lunch with i'm told they were having spa getty repeated his assertion with the idea that we're going to do a balanced budget amendment to cap federal spending as 18% of the economy as bizarro. everyone on the senate side is expecting this to move into the...
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what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli defense minister is visiting the united states and went on the record. >> nice to see you, sir, welcome to the united states. >> thank you for everything. >> so you've had a busy dance card so to speak seeing secretary of state hillary clinton, vice president biden and secretary of defense pinetta. >> yes. >> greta: why did you come to the united states? >> i came here to meet with palestine new jobs for the make sure that we are on the same page for the whole volcanic eruption in the middle east around us. >> greta: you came in the middle of
what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli...
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this ad is air flg john boehner's district. >> our own representative boehner is risking the health of our economy in america defaults on debts all to pro tech the tax cuts. in budget debates the rich have many political prends, and lobbyists. the poor do not. >> there is letter saying quote, listen tole capitol church, not the tea party. asking him to defend the most vul flerable in society. well be there are conservative christians and conservative and liberals of every religion. i don't believe that religion should govern the country. i do believe, even though i'm a minister, in separate of church and state. but i believe we must have values. values that do not, in my judge emt and in the judgment of other religious leaders. forget about those that are the most vulnerable and most forgoton. values that made this country, valued all over the world. why did people look up to america? not because we exalted the rich but because we lifted the poor. because we had people like dr. martin luther king, jr. and we believe in principles of people like gandhi and we look to people like mother
this ad is air flg john boehner's district. >> our own representative boehner is risking the health of our economy in america defaults on debts all to pro tech the tax cuts. in budget debates the rich have many political prends, and lobbyists. the poor do not. >> there is letter saying quote, listen tole capitol church, not the tea party. asking him to defend the most vul flerable in society. well be there are conservative christians and conservative and liberals of every religion....
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what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli defense minister is visiting the united states and went on the record. >> nice to see you, sir, welcome to the united states. >> thank you for everything. >> so you've had a busy dance card so to speak seeing secretary of state hillary clinton, vice president biden and secretary of defense pinetta. >> yes. >> greta: why did you come to the united states? >> i came here to meet with palestine new jobs for the make sure that we are on the same page for the whole volcanic eruption in the middle east around us. >> greta: you came in the middle of
what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. >> greta: and the united states is in an economic sess pool right now. we're out of money, and tuesday out of credit. money does more than just give us government services and help people, it protects us, national security does have a big price tag. what about our friends and our promises to them. if we promise money, can we put can you tell it? and is this at risk? israeli...
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this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell and -- boehner mcconnell and reid. >> greta: i did think it was rather disgraceful, the poor president -- not the poor president but the president hit with the mint fro comment fromo that we don't score speeches. that was probably -- >> that was probably devastating. >> the cbo is nonpartisan. >> greta: and that did slap the president down a little bit like give aus plan. the white house says is has a plan. i have not seen a plan. ed henry keeps asking for it. every time he does he gets a little bit insulted. >> i want to point out one other thing. i was around in 1995. we shut down the government. i remember turning people away from the grand canyon and people were up in arms. one, we shouldn't shut down the government. we should don't that to the american people. and number two is this country, the greatest country in the world should not default on its debts and to somehow say that well, we can prioritize and pay this bill and that bill, the reality is if you don't have 40% of the money to pay your debts then something is going to happen
this issue may be decided by boehner, mcconnell and -- boehner mcconnell and reid. >> greta: i did think it was rather disgraceful, the poor president -- not the poor president but the president hit with the mint fro comment fromo that we don't score speeches. that was probably -- >> that was probably devastating. >> the cbo is nonpartisan. >> greta: and that did slap the president down a little bit like give aus plan. the white house says is has a plan. i have not seen...
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boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> your own aides say that the package of cuts that was on the table was worth about $3 trillion. how you can say that the white house wasn't serious about spending cuts? that's even more you were asking for initially. >> we put plan after plan on the table. the house passed its budget. we had our plan out there. the house passed the cut, cap, and balance. never once did the president ever come to the table with a plan. it was always -- we were always pushing. you know, when you get into these negotiations, sometimes it's good to back away from the tree and take a look at the forest. and yesterday afternoon, after the president demanded more revenue in this package, i came back against -- away from the tree to take a look at the forest. i spent most of the morning and afternoon consulting with my fellow leaders, members of our conference, and others about the way to go forward. and i have -- i want to tell you what i said several weeks ago. dealing with the white house is lik
boehner. >> mr. boehner. >> your own aides say that the package of cuts that was on the table was worth about $3 trillion. how you can say that the white house wasn't serious about spending cuts? that's even more you were asking for initially. >> we put plan after plan on the table. the house passed its budget. we had our plan out there. the house passed the cut, cap, and balance. never once did the president ever come to the table with a plan. it was always -- we were always...
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boehner walked out. he made certain proposals and he couldn't get his party to support the proposal. he today go back to the drawing board three times. joe madison, what are we talking about revote. it took the speaker all week to get his party to vote for his bill and he today redo it three times. >> three times in three days. and he obviously miscalculated. and, look, he knows very well that he is being controlled by, i don't know what number is now, 63 or 87, some fresh freshmen, the reality is, that's not senior leadership. you know, noonian also said something that president obama was sly. you know, sly as a fox. she reminds me of the kids in the classroom who don't like the smart kid. she confuses being sly with being smart. he is very smart. and the reality is, how does a loser get on television and say, call your congressmen and senator and the switch boards blow up. losers don't get -- >> of course the president gets on television across the nation and tells people to call their congress. becaus
boehner walked out. he made certain proposals and he couldn't get his party to support the proposal. he today go back to the drawing board three times. joe madison, what are we talking about revote. it took the speaker all week to get his party to vote for his bill and he today redo it three times. >> three times in three days. and he obviously miscalculated. and, look, he knows very well that he is being controlled by, i don't know what number is now, 63 or 87, some fresh freshmen, the...
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the president's veto threat when it comes to the boehner plan specific to the boehner plan, is it clear that the president is going to -- he wants to veto any process that doesn't raise this debt ceiling past 2012, is that really the veto threat here that is the line in the sand for the white house? >> well, let me explain why that's important, chuck. what the house republican plan would do is have this whole debt ceiling spectacle, three-ring circus the president talked about monday, repeated again a few months from now over the holidays. you know, the debt ceiling debate would ruin christmas. it makes no sense. it's harming our economy now. you would have this hanging over the country at one of the most economically important periods of our country around the holiday season. that makes no sense. what we need to do over the next few days -- listen, the reid plan has twice the deficit reduction as the boehner plan does. little differentiation in terms of the spending cuts. what we don't want to have is have this hanging over our economy. it's an irresponsible thing to do. but there's an
the president's veto threat when it comes to the boehner plan specific to the boehner plan, is it clear that the president is going to -- he wants to veto any process that doesn't raise this debt ceiling past 2012, is that really the veto threat here that is the line in the sand for the white house? >> well, let me explain why that's important, chuck. what the house republican plan would do is have this whole debt ceiling spectacle, three-ring circus the president talked about monday,...
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boehner and mr. obama, were getting flak from their parties and yesterday we were sort of focused on the congressional democrats blowback to mr. obama because of concessions he was reportedly making on the entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security, but today was speaker boehner's walkout from the talks. it's clear that he has gotten plenty of blowback from his side yet again like earlier in the month when he left the talks. his side is just not willing to raise revenues as part of the deal. >> now, you vote wrote yesterday that theres was a deal that was close and then everyone denied it. it seems to have fallen apart by tonight. were they ever close? the president says no and boehner says no. >> well, you know, the truism here, you heard it yourself, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. it was always clear that both men were going to have to take this deal out and sell it. the thing is both men and speaker boehner know that this is something that there has to be an
boehner and mr. obama, were getting flak from their parties and yesterday we were sort of focused on the congressional democrats blowback to mr. obama because of concessions he was reportedly making on the entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security, but today was speaker boehner's walkout from the talks. it's clear that he has gotten plenty of blowback from his side yet again like earlier in the month when he left the talks. his side is just not willing to raise revenues as...
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>> the significance of the boehner bill passing, that means house republicans, particularly john boehner himself, are still in the conversation. they're able to drive this conversation in a way they wouldn't have been able to if the bill had gone down. if it had gone down, it's entirely possible that the reid bill passes in the senate, and the house republicans are marginalized at that point. the differences between reid and boehner in that critical area, house republicans, republicans generally, have a voice. >> bret: karen? >> we've talked about grand bargains, big changes. what this is once again sort of kicking the can. it makes you wonder if the political system is now so broken that it is actually incapable of solving problems. >> i don't think it's incapable of solving problems. i think people ought to try incrementalism. republicans should remember what got democrats in trouble, they took a bite at the apple in healthcare. republicans said slow down. for the next few days, if we're going to meet this deadline, it's all about politics, deal-make, compromising, and horse trading. >
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that's right, this game is up there in harry reid's corner and boehners. boehner's got a problem. the cuts and the congressional office says he doesn't got it, it's $850 million only. these aren't radicals telling the tea party and republicans vote down the boehner plan as is. >> we were just showing the wall street journal plan, boehner plan faces rebellion, it cuts $850 billion. >> they have to get something together today and move it closer to the tea party, get the party united and roll it to harry reid. >> they called the package back after the ceo. he's getting screwed here, the cbo makes two comparisons in the study. if you look at them, it's $1.1 trillion. if you look at the march, 2011, it's $850 billion. the white house came out and said boehner's plan is $1.1 trillion in savings. they want harry reid's plan to have the same savings. i agree with you 100%, there's no -- >> let me say this, joe. in reality, i admire the tea party. they don't want a phony deal. they are serious about cuts and the boehner thing doesn't make the real cuts. i think boehner has to move to them
that's right, this game is up there in harry reid's corner and boehners. boehner's got a problem. the cuts and the congressional office says he doesn't got it, it's $850 million only. these aren't radicals telling the tea party and republicans vote down the boehner plan as is. >> we were just showing the wall street journal plan, boehner plan faces rebellion, it cuts $850 billion. >> they have to get something together today and move it closer to the tea party, get the party united...
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in spending cuts boehner believed he had come up with. it turns out the boehner- specified cuts would be $300 billion less than what he thought. tea party republicans had already objected to the boehner plan as being too small a spending cut to be worthy of their support. that had provoked house majority leader eric cantor to call for unity around the boehner plan, telling house republicans to "quit grumbling and whining and call the president's bluff by passing the boehner plan." now that the boehner plan has turned out to be a mirage, the grumbling and whining among house republicans his resumed full force. but having heard eric cantor's announcement earlier today that the boehner bill was nothing but a symbolic stunt designed to call the president's bluff, the white house rushed to prove the president is not bluffing. the administration strongly opposes house passage of the amendment in the nature of a substitute to s-627 if s-627 is presented to the president, the president's senior advisors would recommend he veto this bill. senate m
in spending cuts boehner believed he had come up with. it turns out the boehner- specified cuts would be $300 billion less than what he thought. tea party republicans had already objected to the boehner plan as being too small a spending cut to be worthy of their support. that had provoked house majority leader eric cantor to call for unity around the boehner plan, telling house republicans to "quit grumbling and whining and call the president's bluff by passing the boehner plan." now...
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and what does boehner do? he comes back on national television and says that it's president obama who is creating the crisis atmosphere. >> obviously, i expect that bill can and will pass the senate and be sent to the president for a signature. and if the president signs it, the crisis atmosphere that he has created will simply disappear. >> let's see. i've never written one of these before. four -- how do you do that? do you just put a point there or do you do that? i've never written one this big. four point seven trillion and zero dollars, right? they turned that down. nancy pelosi has been on fire throughout this entire ordeal. and she cuts right to the chase and she is willing to tell the american people straight up exactly what the republicans really want to destroy. >> this isn't just about they're saying we should reduce the deficit. the budget deficit is an excuse for the republicans to undermine government, plain and simple. they don't just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. they want to destro
and what does boehner do? he comes back on national television and says that it's president obama who is creating the crisis atmosphere. >> obviously, i expect that bill can and will pass the senate and be sent to the president for a signature. and if the president signs it, the crisis atmosphere that he has created will simply disappear. >> let's see. i've never written one of these before. four -- how do you do that? do you just put a point there or do you do that? i've never...
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what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was. i'm so glad we could be here for larry. at a time like this, friends and family matter most. even preparing this lunch is a help, emotionally and financially. mm, it's true. i was surprised to hear there was no life insurance. funerals are so expensive. i hope larry can afford it. i know. that's why i'm glad i got a policy through the colonial penn program. it gives me peace of mind to know i can help my family with some of those expenses. you know, i've been shopping for life insurance. do you think they have coverage for me, something that would fit into my budget? yes. you can get permanent coverage for less than 35 cents a day. if you're between 50 and 85, your acceptance is guaranteed. you won't have to take a physical or answer any health questions. oh, really? with my health, i didn't think i'd qualify. you can't be turned down because of your health. plus,
what is next for speaker john boehner? when will there be a vote on the speaker's debt ceiling plan? stay tuned. service was very moving, wasn't it? yes, it was. i'm so glad we could be here for larry. at a time like this, friends and family matter most. even preparing this lunch is a help, emotionally and financially. mm, it's true. i was surprised to hear there was no life insurance. funerals are so expensive. i hope larry can afford it. i know. that's why i'm glad i got a policy through the...
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the boehner plan. the president said he would veto plan. the democrats have not put forward a plan the one harry reid is talking about is phony accounting and doubt and gutting our defense department so i don't like that either. we have fallen into the president's trap, in mypj opinion. he set an artificial deadline and that data fast if i, crisis, the same rhetoric he used to pass the stimulus, to bail out banks, insurance companies and call street. same rhetoric he used for obamacare and we are buying into this. fast. we take in 200 billion dollars a month. i think republicans in the house and senate need to regroup, lock themselves in a room, support one plan and put it on the president's desk. if he doesn't want it then any default will be on his shoulders. tell me why i'm wrong? wrong is because if we don't act within a few days, then anyone, including the person with the treasury department under the bush administration came over today that the markets will react. that the lack of confidence thro
the boehner plan. the president said he would veto plan. the democrats have not put forward a plan the one harry reid is talking about is phony accounting and doubt and gutting our defense department so i don't like that either. we have fallen into the president's trap, in mypj opinion. he set an artificial deadline and that data fast if i, crisis, the same rhetoric he used to pass the stimulus, to bail out banks, insurance companies and call street. same rhetoric he used for obamacare and we...
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boehner, come on back to the camera. come on back to the camera and tell us what the republican party has done for small business since barack obama's been in the oval office. you haven't done a damn thing. you have done nothing but obstruct everything this president has put on the table and been against everything this president has put on the table for small businesses. and, of course, the republicans say that they are the party of small business. what about these taxes now? mr. boehner didn't mention anything about sacrifice tonight. he didn't talk about the middle class, he didn't talk about wage earners, he didn't talk about outsourcing, which really is also a big problem in our economy. so to me, the schoolyard bully tonight, he just passed the buck and went after president obama. tried to put it on the shoulders of the president saying that, hey, we're accusing the president, you know? he's the one that's creating this crisis? joining me tonight is senator bernie sanders of vermont. senator, great to have you with
boehner, come on back to the camera. come on back to the camera and tell us what the republican party has done for small business since barack obama's been in the oval office. you haven't done a damn thing. you have done nothing but obstruct everything this president has put on the table and been against everything this president has put on the table for small businesses. and, of course, the republicans say that they are the party of small business. what about these taxes now? mr. boehner...
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i wouldn't agree if i were boehner. >> if you were speaker boehner would you have gone to the white house as he did today after the president's nasty comments last night. >> yes, it is cool to the white house . you never know if there is not a change of mind or heart. you always leave yourself open for a good negotiation and a good correct change on the president's part. but i wouldn't agree with something that has a tax rate incroses . boehner is correct in not agreeing to it. i talk to the president and harry reid and nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. >> i think it is different than when ronald reagan would have bamentses with tip o'neil. >> we just got the tape n and you can see john boehner to the left and harry reid to the right. >> whata do you make of the fact he is there. >> i don't know. the personal stuff that i hear said by obama is very, very poor taste and surely not a way to do negotiations and that's not the way to do business . he is playing politics to be honest with you . talk about catastrophic and end of the world and major recession and downgrades, all of that is nons
i wouldn't agree if i were boehner. >> if you were speaker boehner would you have gone to the white house as he did today after the president's nasty comments last night. >> yes, it is cool to the white house . you never know if there is not a change of mind or heart. you always leave yourself open for a good negotiation and a good correct change on the president's part. but i wouldn't agree with something that has a tax rate incroses . boehner is correct in not agreeing to it. i...
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he actually had boehner i think agreeing to a certain amount of revenues and boehner discovered he couldn't get it through his own tea party caulk us. boehner face as a huge political problem if the senate approves something. if the senate approves something and it goes back to the house, he has to decide whether it goes to the floor for a vote. if he denies it a vote, and the country goes into default, i think republicans would have to think twice next year about their chances of succeeding at all in 2012. >> i understand that will be a very interesting weekend. i understand how mr. boehner face as a real problem here, but in some ways, couldn't you say that all of official washington face as a problem here? because effectively, have you about 60 young freshmen congressmen who have somehow stymied everyone. >> you've got about 1/5 of the house of representatives, which right now is trying to run the country. i call it a constitutional coup de etat. we never functioned that way. we'll see a real test of the this weekend. can the adults in the room take some risks? can mitch mcconnell negoti
he actually had boehner i think agreeing to a certain amount of revenues and boehner discovered he couldn't get it through his own tea party caulk us. boehner face as a huge political problem if the senate approves something. if the senate approves something and it goes back to the house, he has to decide whether it goes to the floor for a vote. if he denies it a vote, and the country goes into default, i think republicans would have to think twice next year about their chances of succeeding at...
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so have talks between the, "and boehner. although the president will be speaking to all the congressional leaders at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow tomorrow at the white house. stephen hayes, charles lane, "washington post," and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer is our panel. we have heard one side of the argue in the the first half of the show, the argue fire department the president. one thing struck me in the deal that the president talked about. he talked about $1..65 trillion in cuts. most of the deals were 4-to-1 spendk cut to revenue increases. this was almost 50/50. >> right. that suggests that when he was making the arguments that the democrats were willing to do the difficult things and the republicans are the ones that backed, not as it a -- balked, not as it was on the surface. this is quint essential president obama blame-shifting. the house republicans weren't willing to do anything, after republicans did nothing but for six months present a plan after plan, ryan budget or cut, cap and balance. one thing after anot
so have talks between the, "and boehner. although the president will be speaking to all the congressional leaders at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow tomorrow at the white house. stephen hayes, charles lane, "washington post," and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer is our panel. we have heard one side of the argue in the the first half of the show, the argue fire department the president. one thing struck me in the deal that the president talked about. he talked about $1..65 trillion in...
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and last night, speaker boehner brought the leadership team together. we're meeting this afternoon and the conference is going to be having a conference call to continue to discuss, where we go from here. we're very much committed to being part of a solution. >> neil: do you think that the-- everyone hardened their positions since the president's comments last night, that republicans said, well, you know, now the way he's talking and saying, we're fot going to give an inch on anything, we're going to run back to our original position and democrats say they'll run back to their original position and actually what's happened, the two sides have hardened their stances and that that means a deal is decidedly less likely? >> we believe that the senate democrats, the president, need to put a plan on the table. we have put a plan on the table. and so far, everything that we've gotten from the senate and the president have been speeches and talks about a potential outline for us to move forward, we really need to see something on paper with votes and that's whe
and last night, speaker boehner brought the leadership team together. we're meeting this afternoon and the conference is going to be having a conference call to continue to discuss, where we go from here. we're very much committed to being part of a solution. >> neil: do you think that the-- everyone hardened their positions since the president's comments last night, that republicans said, well, you know, now the way he's talking and saying, we're fot going to give an inch on anything,...
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boehner knows that his latest proposal, which cbo has exposed as not saving as much money as boehner claimed, has no chance of becoming law. but the tea party doesn't know that. so boehner has to appear to be fighting for it or something like it, fighting until the very end. and so boehner pretends to fight for it as told the house republican caucus today. "get your ass in line, this is the bill. i can't do this job unless you're behind me." but tea party approval is still hard to come by for an old republican establishment guy like boehner. >> i will not vote for this bill, because i don't think we should be raising the debt ceiling at all. we need to be doing what a business does when it becomes overextended. federal government is broke. >> to me, we can do better, it's just not good enough, and i think we can do better. >> will you vote for it? >> no, i can't, martin. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. it goes completely contrary to common sense. >>former maverick, john mccain, is not exactly maverick-y enough to risk not raising the debt ceiling, so he has rushed to
boehner knows that his latest proposal, which cbo has exposed as not saving as much money as boehner claimed, has no chance of becoming law. but the tea party doesn't know that. so boehner has to appear to be fighting for it or something like it, fighting until the very end. and so boehner pretends to fight for it as told the house republican caucus today. "get your ass in line, this is the bill. i can't do this job unless you're behind me." but tea party approval is still hard to...
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first of all, you have john boehner in a meeting. you have harry reid saying he's going to move forward, and you can see we're waiting for the president, that is the diplomatic room, and we have no indication he's going to take questions, but he is going to talk about the ongoing debt negotiations. it was just yesterday that "the new york times" suggested that the president really risked being a bystander in one of the most critical moments of his presidency. well, clearly, after holding all those meetings in the white house, now he's back front and center in the =!]$uz of ë%uthis. and also as luke just suggested, we've got two huge pieces of economic news. one, the numbers on the gdp, which basically mark the economic progress that we're making, much worse than expected. the dow -- do we have those numbers? can we put up where the markets are right now? they were down more than 100 points -- well, they are 84 now. a lot of suggestions if the markets really start to react negatively, that will add even more from the pressure. i want
first of all, you have john boehner in a meeting. you have harry reid saying he's going to move forward, and you can see we're waiting for the president, that is the diplomatic room, and we have no indication he's going to take questions, but he is going to talk about the ongoing debt negotiations. it was just yesterday that "the new york times" suggested that the president really risked being a bystander in one of the most critical moments of his presidency. well, clearly, after...
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speaker of the house john boehner. geithner and boehner only on "fox news sunday." plus, what happens if there is no deal? will will -- will there be a market meltdown? who will be to blame. we will ask the sunday panel about the policy realities all right now on "fox news sunday." captions by closed captioning services >> chris: hello again from fox news washington. it's now fine days and counting until the u.s. hits the debt limit. with the collapse of talks about a grand bargain, county nation's leaders come up with a last-ditch plan to raise the debt ceiling before august 2nd? we'll talk with speaker john boehner in a moment. but first another key figure at the center of the talks. treasury secretary tim geithner and secretary geithner welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to see you, chris. >> chris: congressional republicans are working on two stage plan that would cut over a trillion dollars in spending right away and raise the debt ceiling into early next year. then there would be a mechanism for more cuts that if approved the debt ceiling would be raised pa
speaker of the house john boehner. geithner and boehner only on "fox news sunday." plus, what happens if there is no deal? will will -- will there be a market meltdown? who will be to blame. we will ask the sunday panel about the policy realities all right now on "fox news sunday." captions by closed captioning services >> chris: hello again from fox news washington. it's now fine days and counting until the u.s. hits the debt limit. with the collapse of talks about a...
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he told them to hold back until boehner had his chance. hold back until the boehner bill came to the floor. that's all history now. the american people want us to move forward. they want us to come up with a bipartisan approach that doesn't have us relive this scene that we've seen for the past week over and over and over and over again, like the old groundhog day movie. we want to get this done in a way so we can say the economy is going to move forward with a certainty that we'll have a debt ceiling extension and we are not going to jeopardize it with the problem of self-imposed political problems and wounds that can be avoided. it's a shame. we waited all day, this morning, senator reid went up to senator mcconnell on floort and said let's talk. let's work this out. nothing, nothing all day long. not all day long. and later at the end of the day, a call from senator mcconnell who said i'm not going to negotiate with up that's unfortunate. the american people deserve better. and let me say one last thing. if senator mcconnell would give
he told them to hold back until boehner had his chance. hold back until the boehner bill came to the floor. that's all history now. the american people want us to move forward. they want us to come up with a bipartisan approach that doesn't have us relive this scene that we've seen for the past week over and over and over and over again, like the old groundhog day movie. we want to get this done in a way so we can say the economy is going to move forward with a certainty that we'll have a debt...
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boehner, come on back to the camera. come on back to the camera and tell us what the republican party has done for small business since barack obama's been in the oval office. you haven't done a damn thing. you have done nothing but obstruct everything this president has put on the table and been against everything this president has put on the table for small businesses. and, of course, the republicans say that they are the party of small business. what about these taxes now? mr. boehner didn't mention anything about sacrifice tonight. he didn't talk about the middle class, he didn't talk about wage earners, he didn't talk about outsourcing, which really is also a big problem in our economy. so to me, the schoolyard bully tonight, he just passed the buck and went after president obama. tried to put it on the shoulders of the president saying that, hey, we're accusing the president, you know? he's the one that's creating this crisis? joining me tonight is senator bernie sanders of vermont. senator, great to have you with
boehner, come on back to the camera. come on back to the camera and tell us what the republican party has done for small business since barack obama's been in the oval office. you haven't done a damn thing. you have done nothing but obstruct everything this president has put on the table and been against everything this president has put on the table for small businesses. and, of course, the republicans say that they are the party of small business. what about these taxes now? mr. boehner...
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give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction. >> there comes a moment where the thing you want to do, nafta is a great example, trade deals are a great example. the thing you want to do, the support for it is in the middle. you won't be able to get liberals on it. you won't be able to get others on it. so you have to know how you deal with the middle. the house republicans and at this stage of the game even the senate republicans have no more playbook that tells them how to deal with the middle. bob dole is the last republican leader in the congress who knew how to deal with the middle
give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction....
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boehner. >> let me say this. bill is coming offer the president under response to that said that they did not move the goalpost. in fact he said he had been left standing at the altar too many times here. that he was the one waiting to make the marriage. and that they just didn't show up. how does that in any way act as though something overnight changed. first of all, let me just say, i'm at the white house everyday. right? i see the president very off then. i have never seen him as angry as he to blunt as he was tonigh. >> aagree. >> i think we know what happened. look, the president made it very clear. the president tent can't take this for an answer and very clear that john boehner is not in charge or is not willing to exercise leadership. al, you said it right, when the president left, that's what we're going to remember from this news conference. if you want to be a leader, you've got to lead. stand up to members of your own party. john boehner for the second time has shown he is not willing to do that. in
boehner. >> let me say this. bill is coming offer the president under response to that said that they did not move the goalpost. in fact he said he had been left standing at the altar too many times here. that he was the one waiting to make the marriage. and that they just didn't show up. how does that in any way act as though something overnight changed. first of all, let me just say, i'm at the white house everyday. right? i see the president very off then. i have never seen him as...